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Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tony Danza are attached at the hip these days. Let's break it down: First, Danza co-stars in Levitt's directorial debut Don Jon, which hits theaters Sept. 27, playing the father of Gordon-Levitt's porn-addicted character who ...

Two glasses companies have a revolutionary idea: Spectacles should be cheap, and anyone who needs them should be able to have a pair. Warby Parker pitches its product to customers as stylish specs. But underneath the chic is a business model set to c...

When a programmer from New York City offered coding lessons to a homeless man he described as a "genius," the Internet reacted with a mixture of support and criticism. Now, for the first time, we have a chance to talk to both teacher and student in a...

Few bloggers have to think about the real-world consequences of their writing. Malala Yousafzai -- the 16-year-old blogger from Pakistan who was shot in the head by the Taliban on her way home from school last October -- knows those consequences far ...

There are no lockers in the hallways at Beaver Country Day School. Instead, backpacks and tote bags line either side of the floor while students step over them during the mid-morning rush to class. Nearly everyone is carrying a laptop. "There used to...

Whether you're still paying off university loans or yet to accrue any educational debt, thinking about what you owe for a college education is depressing. According to the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, the average undergraduate student loan...

The quest for knowledge seems to be gaining value, as three times as many Americans now say science is the most valuable school subject than did so more than a decade ago, a new Gallup poll finds. Science bumped out history for the third spot behind ...

With back-to-school season here, kids aren't the only ones leaving the house this fall: money is also flowing from parents' wallets for pricey textbooks. A new report from Nielsen found that 71% of students who use tablets are interested in accessing...

I have a confession. Back in high school, I satisfied my required gym credit by taking a nutrition class -- online. With online education becoming more prevalent these days, some states in the U.S. allow students to satisfy high school physical educa...

Everyone wants to hangout with Sal Khan. The popular founder of the innovative Khan Academy is a good person to rub elbows with -- even if you're the Obama administration's top education official. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan fielded Khan's que...

The brains of students on their way back to school benefit from the chemicals found in certain foods. The Earth provides many tasty treats for students, but don't leave these foods behind in the school cafeteria. The foods help brain functioning in a...

With back-to-school season in full swing, you've probably already started thinking about what you or your children will actually learn this year. Returning to the classroom can feel like the World Series for academic all-stars, while students who str...

At one Newark public high school, accessible Wi-Fi can be more valuable than a bus ride home. In Newark, a city with one of the highest poverty rates in the U.S., many Newark Leadership Academy students can't afford home Internet access. At the schoo...

Millennials live and breathe on social media, so teachers are learning how to incorporate the medium into the classroom successfully. In doing so, teachers not only encourage students to engage actively in the material, but they also provide online c...

Recent grads may very well agree that student loan debt is like the bastard child of the collegiate experience: unexpected, unwanted and very expensive for years to come. Debt is hard enough to recover from, and owing multiple student loans only aggr...

Are you waiting until after graduation to start building up your LinkedIn profile? It's time to reconsider. "Every student is blindly trying to make a resume, but surprisingly many don't have great LinkedIn profiles," says Natan Edelsburg, senior vic...

Cursive is standing on its last loops and curlicues. The Common Core State Standards for English is a framework detailing what students are expected to learn before college -- none of these include cursive. Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas, Alaska and Virg...

Google's recent update to its Google Play Books app for iOS brings only a handful of improvements, but one of them is pretty significant. During its press event a couple of weeks ago for the new Nexus 7 and Chromecast, Google also announced that it w...

LUSAKA, Zambia -- Rachel Ngongola's second grade class at the Tico Community School is learning to count multiples of 10 on a Wednesday morning in late July. The class of 30 is divided into three groups: one counts clusters of plastic bottle caps, on...

As the summer ends and the back-to-school sales start haunting your shopping centers, ease into the academic season with some free educational podcasts. The iTunes U app gives you access to courses from universities and learning centers around the wo...

As September rapidly approaches, college students around the world are raiding stores for this year's hottest back-to-school gadgets. What you may not know is most of those items are completely unnecessary. Last year alone, Americans spent a historic...

It may only be July, but before you know it, it'll be time to go back to school. For college-bound students especially, the shopping spree involves a long list of expensive tech and digital gear. To help out students, parents and educators, we rounde...

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